The day did not start to plan - more rain! So we took our time over our breakfast 2 cups of coffee (seriously that was it, 2 cups of coffee and a dunking biscuit). By the time we were ready to leave patches of blue sky were showing and the road was drying nicely after the first few miles.
The start of the day, the roads were at their best as we snaked along the south of the Sierra Nevada. The crossing over the pass was extraordinary. As we crested the summit we witnessed an Infinity Road (like an Infinity pool but with tarmac rather than water). It was almost impossible to see the edge of the road and the eye was drawn seamlessly over and onto the flat plains 2000 meters below!
Most of the rest of the day was spent on 'making progress' roads, as John christened them (I would have said straight and fast, incl some motorway). What the roads lacked in interest, they more than made up for in scenery. They're were times in the day when I thought we were either in a massive quarry or huge sand dunes. But other times they were breathtaking mountain roads, cultivated plains and occasionally even views of Malaga and the Mediterranean (it was so warm that I considered going the 5 miles to the coast and diving into the sea - in my bike gear) We also passed HUGE wind turbines, pv cell and solar collection farms. On one of our diversions from the main road we passed along huge birch lined (and tree tunnels) road and some occupied cave dwellings. Some of the modern ones looking quite grand with their (reinforcing, I guess) facade walls.
Our lack of breakfast was made up for by the tapas that we were offered for lunch with our Cokes. At € 3.50 for two cokes and two plates of meat (or fish) could someone remind me why leaving the EU is a good idea.
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